Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many (a) Royal Gala and (b) other types of apples were exported to EU member states in each of the last five years.
HMRC trade data is unable to identify Royal Gala apples by name. The following table shows the volume of apples exported from the UK to EU member states, at the greatest level of detail available, in the last 5 years for which full data is available:
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Apple type | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
Cider | 123 | 27 | 1,658 | 1,328 | 1,456 |
Other | 20,608 | 21,113 | 15,886 | 19,745 | 16,277 |
Total | 20,731 | 21,140 | 17,544 | 21,074 | 17,733 |
Table Source: HMRC